Hey everyone! I found a playlist of YouTube videos that show many different things we do at Project Walk, and maybe it will give you some ideas to do at home. Playlist. Hope it helps!
Hey everyone! I found a playlist of YouTube videos that show many different things we do at Project Walk, and maybe it will give you some ideas to do at home. Playlist. Hope it helps!
Welcome again kyle and thankyou for sharing the link to the playlist. Im sure they will be helpful
Thanks Lara. Are you able to sit up from lying? And how's your trunk control when not leaning on your arms? I struggle with that.
abacoian, that is a goal of mine if at all possible. My injury level was T8-9, I may be closer to T10 now but since my month in Boston (Journey Forward), it drilled into me the importance of working hard to improve trunk control. It is possible! i may never be able to sit up from lying position on my own but I am going to work at it and defy dr's prognosis'. It all comes down to priorities also as I don't have that much free time since returning back to work three days per week. I work with a kinesiologist for two one-hour sessions at our local university gym, if I didn't have her, I would skip going to the gym too often due to fatigue or other excuses. Another good exercise for core control is to sit on a bosu ball or the Pilates discs. I had to go to a physiotherapist this winter after spraining my shoulder following a downhill skiing initiation gone wrong. ;-) if I can figure out how to put the video online, I could post the couple of the exercises she showed me. Warning: I won't be quitting my day job!
I have been working on this for a long time, and just recently am seeing real progress. So, don't give up! I, too, work with a kinestheologist about once a month, sherry. My arm strength is good in the muscles, but my joints are deteriorating from RA, and trunk control fluctuates, abacoian. So, I use applied physics to sit up from lying and it is much easier: turn on side and pull legs upward to chest, roll onto back, tuck head, and push legs forward hard and hang on--their weight and momentum will pull you up! I am fortunate to be very flexible, and this works even when neuropathic pain is bad in legs and back.